Trevi Fountain

Baroque masterpiece where a tossed coin promises your return

Address Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome
Admission Free

The largest and most theatrical Baroque fountain in Rome, completed in 1762 by Nicola Salvi and depicting Neptune on a shell chariot drawn by sea horses. Immortalised by Fellini in La Dolce Vita. Tradition holds that throwing a coin over your left shoulder with your right hand guarantees a return to Rome.

It is always crowded. Come at 06:00 for the fountain without the crowds, or after dark when it's lit and the atmosphere is better than midday. A modest timed-entry system operates in peak season — check ahead.

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Nicola Salvi won the competition to design the Trevi Fountain in 1730, but construction was so slow he died in 1762 before seeing it complete. The fountain is fed by the Aqua Virgo, a 2,000-year-old aqueduct built by Agrippa in 19 BC — still the same water supply that flows today. The coin-tossing tradition reportedly generates €1.5 million per year, which goes to a Roman charity feeding the poor.

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